Pamianthe peruviana

sheilab sheila1@iinet.net.au
Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:18:29 PST
Kevin,
here is a copy of a reply from Alan Meerow  to the same question asked by J. 
Shields in 1999 on another forum.

Regards Sheila

>I had the most sucess with Pamianthe growing them as epiphytes (which they 
>are
in nature), in clay pots.  The bulb should sit on the surface of the medium. 
I
used a mix of seedling grade tree fern, seedling grade fir bark, perlite, 
and
experimented with various amounts of peat.  Finely ditched the peat 
altogether.

I recommend that once established with several leaves, a decent-sized 
seedling
bulb, and the conspicuous pseudostem that this species produces, that you 
move
them into the above mix (2 parts fern, two parts bark, 1 part perlite).

Alan <


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